人教版八年級英語下冊《I'll help to clean up the city parks》SectionB PPT教學(xué)課件(第2課時)，共41頁。
Objectives
To retell the story of Ben and Lucky.
To know the structure of a thank-you letter.
To tell what part of speech a word is.
To love animals and understand the value of life.
Free talk
Did you write a letter to thank someone who had helped you?
What ways do you take to thank others?
Do you know the difference between a letter and an article?
1. A letter is for some person to read, while article is for a lot of people to read.
2. The beginning of a letter is different from that of an article.
3. A letter is for communication, while an article is for sharing.
Before reading
Have you ever written a letter?
Who do you write to?
What do you usually write?
Dear Miss Li,
I’d like to thank you for giving money to Animal Helpers. I’m sure you know that this group was set up to help disabled people like me. You helped to make it possible for me to have Lucky. Lucky makes a big difference to my life. Let me tell you my story.
What would it be like to be blind or deaf? Or imagine you can’t walk or use your hands easily. Most people would never think about this, but many people have these difficulties. I can’t use my arms or legs well, so normal things like answering the telephone, opening and closing doors, or carrying things are difficult for me.
Then one day last year, a friend of mine helped me out. She talked to Animal Helpers about getting me a special trained dog. She also thought a dog might cheer me up. I love animals and I was excited about the idea of having a dog.
After six months of training with a dog at Animal Helpers, I was able to bring him home. My dog’s name is Lucky — a good name for him because I feel very lucky to have him. You see, I’m only able to have a “dog helper” because of your kindness! Lucky is very clever and understands many English words. He can understand me when I give him orders. For example, I say, “Lucky! Get my book,” and he does it at once.
Lucky is a fantastic dog. I’ll send you a photo of him if you like, and I could show you how he helps me. Thank you again for changing my life.
Best wishes,
Ben Smith
Answer the questions:
1.Who wrote the letter to Miss Li? Why?
Ben Smith wrote the letter to Miss Li. He wanted to thank her for sending money to Animal Helpers and to tell her how Animal Helpers helped him.
2.What did Miss Li do?
She sent money to Animal Helpers, a group that was set up to help disabled people.
Language points
1. I’d like to thank you for sending money to “Animal Helpers”.
(1)“Animal Helpers” 動物助手，一個幫助殘疾人而建立的組織。
(2) thank sb. for… 為……而感謝某人
Thank you for your flowers to me.
2. Then one day last year, a friend of mine helped me out.
help out 意為 “使某人脫離困境”可分開使用。
Nobody helped me out when I lost my job.
當(dāng)我失業(yè)的時候沒有人幫助我。
It was unexpected but I could help out if the price was right, I thought.
這有點出乎意料，但我想如果價格合適的話我可以幫忙一下。
3. I was excited about the idea of having a dog.
be excited about意為“對……感到興奮”，主語通常是人；而exciting意為“令人感到興奮的”，主語通常是物或事件。其他類似的詞： surprising / surprised; interesting / interested等也是這樣區(qū)分的。如：
He is very interested in this interesting book.
他對這本有趣的書很感興趣。
4. You see, I’m only able to have a “dog-helper” because of your kindness!
(1)此句中的be able to 意為“能夠做……的事”， 可用can替換，主語為物時一般都使用can, can沒有將來時和完成時，也不能用于其他助動詞后面，所以常用be able to do 來替換。
(2) because of 是介詞短語，表原因，后面接名詞或代詞賓語。because 是連詞，后常接從句。
Homework
Write a short reply to Ben Smith. In your letter:
1. Offer to help him more.
2. Say why you are able to help.
3. Say what you could do to help.
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